POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 48th annual Automobile
Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following
run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Keeter Ray Runs 5.642/255.82, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.139/110.14, Was #18
Right Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 6.766/203.68, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.305/165.15, Was #17

Ray gets the pass that he
has been looking for. Goodwin gets a handle on the starting line and the Monte Carlo runs straight and true into the top half of the
field. ...and he had a 0.009 light on top of that!

Ross Stickler is on the bump spot at 6.110 and will stay there, as Harrington spins the tires hard at the green, quickly
followed by Strickler. Left Lane: Kris Hool Runs 6.251/200.56, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.983/234.53, Was #15
Right Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.808/249.63, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.676/255.00, Was #11

Both cars are all over the track trying to come to grips with the cool track.

Hool is in and out of the throttle
and slows.

Ferro snakes his way to the finish line, slowing from earlier. Left Lane: Johann Wernhart Runs 8.098/88.47, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.803/209.92, Was #14
Right Lane: Jay Payne Runs 5.654/252.33, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.626/259.06, Was #6

Wernhart gets out to the 330 lights and engine goes bang.

Payne makes a clean pass, running close to his prior
best and will stay #6 for now.

4:28 PM There is a lot of oil on the track in the left lane and the clean up may take a while. Left Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.577/260.21, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.675/256.75, Was #10
Right Lane: Jirka Kaplan No Time, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.608/256.94, Was #4

4:43 p.m. Back to qualifying.

Kaplan's engine doesn't soud well in the burnout and then just quits when he tries
to launch the car. It stops on the track right after the 60 foot lights.

Gasparrelli pulls a rabbit out of his hat and powers
down the track into the new #2 spot on the ladder. Almost a season best time and speed.